6:31am-
3 hours of sleep was not enough. I'm already looking forward to a nap.
11:14am-
Let me go back and explain the travesty, the emotional scarring and fright that was this morning: (all times are estimated)
_ _ _ _ _ _
7:00am-
I arrived at the studio, John was there and waiting. We went into the studio to find that the camera we needed for the shoot was locked inside an office I didn't have a key for.
7:07am - 7:21am -
Using wires and cards and tiny screw drivers and letter openers, we tried and almost succeeded in picking the lock to get in the office.
But didn't.
7:25am -
Decided this wasn't working.
Starting banging the hinges out.
7:36am-
Got a call from Jason from UNICEF, we can't get into the building until 8 anyway. Whew. A little relief.
Still behind schedule.
7:41am - 7:48am -
Got into the office.
Searched thru bags to find the correct camera, batteries and memory cards.
8:11am-
Packed up and started leaving the building.
8:34am-
Sleeting and slushy, but I finally got a cab that would stop.
8:50am-
Finally arrived at the loading entrance for UNICEF. Late.
They want to start shooting at 9.
8:55am-
Jason slips on the sidewalk while were loading gear in.
9:24am-
Gear loaded and unpacked and set up in record time. Were ready to shoot.
9:29am-
The president arrives. Shes very calm and knows how to take stress.
Her assistant or whoever the woman making the commercial is very uptight in the worst way. And an obvious suck up to the president. It made me sick. We can all see you're just saying things to make her happy!?!
9:52am-
The present has a meeting and has to be done by ten.
She got done 8 minutes early.
Everyone was stressed out and all wound up for nothing.
10:30am-
Jason, the DP for this shoot, asks if he can "get a break" since we were late.
I said I'll talk to matt and see what we can do.
I dont wanna have to talk to Matt about this....
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
12:18pm-
Huddled by the 'fire' (electric heater) Austin is playing with a letter opener and it's reflection. He shines it in my eyes and when I look over he chuckles about it.
12:42pm-
Stacy stopped me mid-sentence while I was telling her something: "You have a weird speech pattern..."
Austin: "Stacy?! You are so mean..!?"
Me: "Wait, this is good to know. But what does that even mean??!?"
Stacy: "You pause! In places where there shouldnt be a pause..!!!"
Austin" "That's true. But Stacy, you're still just a horrid human being!!"
12:53pm-
Stacy after looking at the receipts: "YOU WERE AN HOUR LATE..?!"
I dont remember...
The rest of the day was spent quiet, scared and nervous.
And I made this.
9:34
Finally. Work over.
Heading to find a bar with Austin.
9:57pm-
Austin talking about the deli buffet food: "i feel sick.. It's all that garbage i had for lunch. It's terrible, I'm sure."
"What the deal with it..? It's like a bunch of random things and you just pile on what ever you want..?"
"Yeah. It's like several different countries all represented by a styrofoam plate."
10:16pm-
Austin tells me (cause i asked) about his parents.
Which is it... A bad father cause he has a troubled kid, or a troubled kid because of a bad father...?
10:41pm-
"I think I have a thing for young Goldie Hawn now.."
"Yeah? Well, thats healthy. Its good to have a few strange crushes."
"...yeah.."
11:05pm-
In the train:
"you know what I'm afraid of when I get home...?"
"What?"
"Twenty chicken nuggets."
"ooohh.. Yeah.. Actually, i wish I lived in harlem so I could get twenty nuggets too. For me its gonna be a sandwich from the deli. Plus chips and stuff."
"For me it's gonna be twenty nuggets. With BBQ sauce. In the shower."
"In the shower, huh?? You don't think they'll get wet?"
"Well I'll let you know."
"Yeah. Do that. Text me."
11:08pm-
Austin and I have a fun time.
Just in general.
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."
-Mary Anne Radmacher
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